— IS55.1 



THE GARDENERS 



CHRONICLE 



CRASS AND AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. 



333 



the 



THAMES" GIBBS and CO., the Seedsmen to 

 v£al Agricultural Society of England beg to inform their 



Mix 



fce undermentioned in any quantities required. 



ta*£ of Grass Seeds for laying down land to permanent 

 Meadow: Irrigation or Water Meadow Mixtures; 



tv.-m owp Walk Mixtures; Park and Field Lawn Mixtures; 



ft^J -ITinTfnres for old Swards; Garden, Lawn, or Grass- 



5?ifii!irti- yarioas Permanent Grass Seeds supplied sepa- 



P^JT r ' Mixtures for one year's lay, do. for two or three 



W lay (ecmnionly called « seeds "). 



• AvrR « p e a or broad leaved, white or Dutch, Red Suckling, 

 Mrik€ or Hybrid, Trefoil, Cow Grass or Perennial. 



1TE-GRA —Italian (very fine), Annual, improved Peren- 

 nial ofter kinds. 



riPROT- -Large White Belgian, large field Altringham, 



\Xw Belgian, long Orange or Surrey. 

 p^jc^ips.-Gibbs' large Guernsey Cattle, common large. 

 MANGOLD WURZELS.— Long Red, Orange or Yellow Globe, 



Red Globe, long Yellow. 

 CABBiGE5.-harg e Drumhead Cattle, Thousand headed. 

 TUB.WS— Purple-top Swedes, Green-top Swedes, Skirving's 



£ve*4 Green-top Yellow Hybrid, Red- top Yellow Hybrid, 



Gicbtt or Rounds, Tankard's sorts, Kohl Rabi. 



Loeerue, Broom, Furze or Gorse, Field Parsley, Rape, Seed 

 Barter lorta, Wheat sorts, Rye, Sainfoin, Tares, White Mustard, 

 White Sflwian Beet, Peas, Potatoes, and all other seeds for 

 •J* farm. 



KITCHEN GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS, including all 

 tbe raw and most approved varieties. Assortments made up 

 to wit different sized gardens, or to any given amount. 



Priced Lists of both Agricultural and Garden Seeds sent free 

 W part 08 application to Thomas Gtbbs & Co., Corner of Half- 

 Mocn Street, Piccadilly, London. 



HEATHS AND EPACRISES. 



«*p» i^g w Srty mai me wnoie are very health v and *p11 

 grown ; those marked • are set well for flowering. 7 " 



ERICAS.-Strong bushy plants in 48's at 12*. per dozen 

 varieties :-»Aggregata, bicolor, Cavendishi, Coventrvana 

 daphnoidea, denticulata moschata, *echiflora, *Lvemalis' 

 hybnda hyacinthiflora, Linnaeoides nova, Metulatfora bicolor' 

 ^propendens, *propendens tubiflora. •pyriformis, *raben» 

 toindryana, /Ventricosa brevifiora, V. coruscans, V. carta' 

 rubra V. densa carnea, »v. fasciculata rosea, V. fasciculata 

 superb^ V. fasciculata longiflora, »V. hirsuta, V. perspicu- 

 oides, *V. superba, *V. tumida, *V. tenuiflora, Verticilla *ves- 

 tita fulgida, *yiridiflora, Westphalingi, •Wilmorea superba. 



thP tra^T^ 1 * 6 a11 , dw . arf bushy pIanfs ' aDd can ** supplied to 

 the trade at the usual discount in large quantities. 



ERICAS, in large and small 60's, at 95. per dozen varieties :~ 

 Archeriana amp. rubra, aristata major, Bandoniana, Caven- 

 dishi, cennthoides coronata, Cliffordi, 'Colorans, daphnoidea, 

 Uevomana depressa, denticulata moschata, elata, eweriana 

 eximia, exurgens coccinia, "gracilis, Hartnelli, •hyemalis 

 hybnda, hyacmthiflora, longiflora, Linnteoides superba, Me- 



pAGE and CO'S COMPOSITION FOR THI 

 fpu?t *Vu\ £^%5£JH oht UP0N R08E8 » WALr 



AMD OMTO«kSSS^?S M ' MEL ONS, VINES STOVE 

 «n«£ G ^ LLN "OLSE PLANTS.- Extra Strong, 4*. pW gallon 



S?S2 t .^ al S/ our ^ ar8 a ? d Barrels, xtra). Dir&io* , for 



rards carriage free to London. 



in fiio i/;«" JUT" v iw,,ol,c uese °y tne mos * eminent Gardener 



COMPn^nv" * he ■"Pertortty of P^ce & Co.'s BLIGHT 



Insure ?t*2 i 1S "S^estionable, requiring only a trie! r* 



and FriS f r« eral USe fo ' destroying eve^ pert to which H*n: 

 flower^or ?nS ar S 8u «e»t (without irjuriVg the most delicate 

 flowers or foliage) and promoting a luxuriant growth. 



See two pages Testimonials, Gardner*' Chronicle, March 3, 1S55 



Can now be obtained of 



tulueflora bicolor, *ovata, *perspicua nana princeps, *propen- 

 dens *prop tubiflora, primuloides, *Sindryana, splendens. 

 sulphurea tricolor, tricolor rubra, Vent, alba, V.alba tincta, 

 V. carnea, \ coccinea minor, V.dependenscoccinea, V. fasci- 

 culata longiflora, V f. rosea, V. globosa. V. hirsuta, V. raag- 

 niflora, V. perspicuoides, Vernoniana, Vera, superba, Verii- 

 witA Vestita carnea tenuiflora, Vest, fulgida, Westcotti, 

 Westphalingi, Wilmorea superba, Walkeri. 



These are admirably adapted for specimen growing, beinir of 

 the proper size to start with; the trade may also be supplied at 

 the usual discount per 100 plants. 



EPACRISES, in large 48's, fine plants, 12*. per dozen varieties ; 

 ditto in large 60's and small 48 T s, 9*. per dozen. 



The usual discount to the trade. 

 Youell & Co., Royal Nursery, Great Yarmouth. 



HOETICULTUBAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



EXHIBITION AT GORE HOUSE 



May 16 



1855 





AWARD OF THE JUDGES 



Mixed Collections of STOVE and GREENHOUSE 



PLANTS— Iv Twelves. 

 G.BJ. Mr. Dods, Gr. to Sir John Cathcart, Hart., F.H.S. 

 G.B.2. Mr. Green. Gr. to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S. 

 S.G. Messrs. Eraser, Nurserymen, Lea Bridge Road, Leytoi 

 U& Mr. Barter, Gr. to A. Bassett, Esq., Stamford Hill. 



JfrxiD Collections of STOVE and GREENHOUSE 



PLANTS-In Sixes. 

 U. Jfr.Cawon, Gr. to W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S. 

 L.8. JJe-ars. Fraser, Lea Bridge Road. 

 aa. Mr. Cutbush, Nurseryman, Bamet. 



Cl" S^ 0l ^,? r - to £ oIeB Child ' Es( l- Palace ^ Bromlev. 

 t.i. Messrs. RoUisson, Nurserymen, Tooting. 



L.0 nJ£? E i ENH S USE AZ ALEAS-Ix Twelves. 

 GK VZO?: r' Nj^rymen, Great Berkhampstead. 

 v ^ MMirs. Fraser, Lea Bridge Road. 



Gfil Mr £ REE *?<>U8E AZALEAS-In Sixes. 



BX M r &r r '/° ^ F * G * Fanner » Es *' r - H - s - 

 rr* J r - iJtrter. Gr. ta A Tiooo^** t? ^ ' 



IB. 



Mr'r.1!^ S r «2 Mr8, Webb » Hoddesdon. 

 H -v ame8 - F -HS., Battersea. 



Mr R^' ^ t0 Baron G °Wsmid, F.H.S. 

 r "f es ' Gr " to J- PhUlpotte, Esq, Stamford Hill. 



«■ "S rS2i' S T E \ Z fLEAS-SiNOL B Specimens. 

 «.B uZZ •* TWT > 1 ' < * Bridge Road. 

 ' Mttsrs - Ut *< Great Berkhampstead. 



-■ M^Lai N r R «?^ .?F NI > E0N S-I-- Sixes. 



6A1. Mr r..?, I ! CH r. IDS ~ Is Tbns-( Amateurs.) 



a* tl^^KwH^ Rose h «^^^-- 



Jf *. Green' Gr t« ^'^ Ha n bur y. Esq, F.H . S. 



fc £r ^ s was Bt - F - H - s - 



?-! J - «««rs vwirt ~i IS FlF ? T EEN8 -(Nurserymen.) 



S Bl - *«n R n ?,^ PE HEATHS-Ik Tens. 

 ??* *^B.'r^ c r S ° t D ' T°° tln e- 



"* ««W^F^ r r - r M A p Basse "' Es< l - Stamford Hill. 



r i nrT ' Lea Bri(J ge Boad. 



Jf Jf-r, S, ,"^™S-S ,xo« Specimens. 

 S 5^ V h BaS 8 R ° ad ' Chelsea ' 



^^ sPEcmrvV . hU , ,potts ' Esq - 



&t b^. Bhown .iteW?^^ ever ? thiD K w b «h can be 

 5 5^- G»n*wa T i ? y ln . ot »er numbers. 

 ** fc C«a5ft*Z * Co •' Nunepymen, Bristol. 



■*■ U^vf* ™?'^! ^ PpIe Place ' Ed eeware Road 

 W. fc f ^ a >) e " Ch ' Kia * a ' *»*> Chel «» (Embotbrium coc- 



li, *?ew 'J t !'t Raron Hambro ' F - H - s - w°y* "PO 



*** V,^ h P L ANTS NOT IX FLOWER. 



.King's Road, Chelsea (Aralia papyrifera). 



«*W 6ARDP.K nvm>xr>a 



i«* Klni R P EN HYBRIDS. 

 L n - ^'ng-sRoad, Chelsea (Rb 



(Rhododendron con- 



l| 



tuu *<»^ Utom^ ins ' S Road ' Chelsea (Rhododendron 



H..- r , 



U - «?£^ ' Ur8erymea - Cheshunt," Herts. (30 new Roses 



I ^rtdfo 



^n.n 



J " ^Sifc"^^ Hammersm 



» ~*i.i£? lU8 * >n , Nu"r 8 r^ amn ^ rstnitb (Azalea Eeeana). 

 r -?R}r S 7men ' TootlD S (Azalea Empress 



M. 



^ 5' 



i 1 ^ 





^:c. ^i°i e / child, 



-wy«Ues Fuller. 



ley 



Kowlanti 



W l e 7, E 8 q v F.H.S. 



(Amateurs). 



ROSES IN POTS-In TwELVKs-(NurserymeD). 



G.K.I. Messrs. Lane, Berkhampstead. 

 G.K.2. Mr. Francis, F.H.S., Hertford. 



TALL CACTI-In Sixfs. 

 S.G. Mr. Green, Gr. to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., F.H.S. 



PELARGONIUMS-In Twelves— (Amateurs). 

 G.B.I. Mr. Windsor, Gr., Kidderpore Hal], West End, II am pstd. 

 G.B.2. Mr. Todman, Gr. to Mrs. Buckmaster, Clapliam Park. 



PELARGONIUMS-lNTwELVEs-(Nurserymen). 

 G.B.I. Mr. Charles Turner, F.H.S., Slough. 

 G.B.2. Messrs. Dobson & Son, Isleworth. 

 S.G. Mr. Gaines, F.H.S., Battersea. 



FANCY PELARGONIUMS— Ix SixES-f Amateurs). 

 L.S. Mr. Windsor, Gr., Kidderpore Hall, West End, Hampstead. 

 S.K. Mr. Robinson, Gr. to J. Simpson, Esq., Thames Bank, 



Pimlico. 

 S.B. Mr. Barter, Gr. to A. Bassett, Esq. 



FANCY PELARGONIUMS-Ix SiXES-(Nurserymen). 

 L.S. Mr. C. Turner, F.H.S., Slough. 

 S.K. Messrs. Fraser. Lea Bridge Road. 

 S.B. Mr. Gaines, F.H.S., Battersea. 



CINERARIAS. 

 L.S. Mr. C. Turner, F.H.S., Slough. 

 S.K. Mr. Wiggins, Gr. to Edward k Beck, Esq., F.H.S. 

 S.B. Messrs. Dobson & Son, Isleworth. 



PANSIES IN POTS. 

 S.B. Mr. C. Turner, F.H.S., Slough. 



C.l. Messrs. Dobson & Son, Isleworth. 



PINE APPLES, PROVIDENCE, &c. 

 L.S. Mr. Robinson, Gr. to Lord Boston, F.H.S. (a Providence 



Pine, 7 lbs. 4oz.) 



S.B. Mr. Clements, Oakhill, Barnet (a Providence Pine, 5 lbs. 5oz.) 



PINE APPLES, JAMAICAS, QUEENS, &c. 

 L.S. Mr. Price, Gr. to W. Forman, Esq. (Queen Pine, 3 lbs. 5 oz.) 

 S.K. Mr. Clements. Black Jamaica Pine, 3 lbs. 

 S.B. Mr. Fleming, Gr. to .his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, 



F.H.S. (Moscow Queen, 2 lbs. 3 oz.) 



BLACK GRAPES-Sjngle Dishes. 

 L.S. Mr. Clements. 



S.K. Mr. Slowe, Gr. to W. R. Baker, Esq., F.H.S. 

 S.K. Mr. Dods, Gr. to Sir John Cathcart. Bart., F.H.S. 

 S.B. Mr. Fleming, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S. 

 1 S.B. Mr. Munro, Gr. to Mrs. Oddie.. 

 S.B. Mr. Breadley, Gr. to Sir S. M. Peto, Bart.. V.P.II.S. 

 H.M.Mr. Spary, Queen's Graperies, Brighton (for Colour). 



WHITE GRAPES— Single Dishes. 

 L.S. Mr. Breadley, Gr. to Sir S. M. Peto, Bart, V.P.H.S. 

 S.K. Mr. Clements. 

 S.B. Mr. Ward, Gr. to W. Stephens, Esq., F.H.S. 



PEApHES AND NECTARINES-In Collections of Threk. 

 S.G. Mr. Fleming, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, F.H S. 



PERSIAN MELONS. 

 S.K. Mr. Fleming Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S. 



(Trentham Hybrid). 

 S.B. Mr. Robertson, Gr. to Lady Emily Foley (Hybrid Persian). 



FIGS. 

 S.B. Mr. Busby, Gr. to J. Crawley, Esq., F.H.S., Brown Turkey. 



CHERRIES— Single Dishes. 



S.K. Mr. Fleming, Gr; to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S. 

 S.B. Mr. Ingram, Gr. to Her Majesty. 



RASPBERRIES. 

 C.l. Mr. McEwen, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, F.H.S. 



STRAWBERRIES— In Collections. 

 L.S. Mr. McEwen, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, F.H.S. 



(Eleanor | British Queen | Victoria). 



STRAWBERRIES— Single Dishes. 

 S.K. Mr. Cox, Gr. to J. Hodgson, Esq., F.H.S. (Keens' Seedling). 

 S.B. Mr. ConstantiDe, Gr. to C. Mills, Esq. (Prince of Wales). 

 C.l. Mr. R. Smith, Twickenham (Keens 7 Seedling). 

 C.2. Mr. Lane, Gr. to J. H. Palmer, Esq., F.H.S. Ditto). 

 C.2. Mr. Dnimmond, Gr. to S. L. Stephens, Esq., F.H.S. (Ditto). 

 C.2. Messrs. Tyne & Son, Hounslow (Ditto). 



RARE EXOTIC FRUITS. 

 G.B.2. Mr. Iveson, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Northumber- 

 land, V.P.H.S. (Fruit of the Mangosteen— Garciuia 

 Mangostana). 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 Mr. Fleming, Gr. to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, F.H.S. 

 ■( Mandarin Oranges in potB). ! 



Mr. Constantine, Gr. to C. Mills, E*q. (Grapes, in pots). 

 Mr. Roser, Gr. to J. Bradbury, Esq., F.H.S. (Himalaya 

 Cucumbers). 



H.M. Mr. Lockyer, Princes Square, Plymouth (Lemons grown 



in the open air). 



Messrs. Henderson & Co., Pine- 



apple Place, London 

 Messrs. Bass & Brown, Sudbury 

 Messrs. F. & A. Dickson & Sons 

 106, Eastgate Street, Chester, 

 and 14, Corporation Street, 

 Manchester 

 Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading 

 Messrs. Rendle & Co., Plymouth 

 Mr. James Veitch, Exotic Nur- 

 sery, Chelsea [cester 

 Messrs. Wheeler 8c Son, Glou- 

 Mr. E. Paul, Derby 



Mr. George Wheeler, Nursery- 

 man, Warminster [bury 



Messrs. Masters & Son, Canter- 

 Mr. Tiley, Bath 



Messrs. Downie & Laird, South 

 Frederick Street, Edinburgh 



Mr. W. Barratt, St. John's, 

 Wakefield 



Messrs. Thomas Davies & Co., 

 Wavertree, Liverpool 



Mr. E. Taylor, Malton, Yorksh. 



Messrs.ChandIer& Son, Wands- 

 worth Road, London 



Mr. Freeman, Wobnrn 

 Mr. J. Linford, Shefford, Beds 

 Messrs. Veitch & Son, Exeter 

 Messrs. Hooper & Co., Coven t 



Garden, London 

 Messrs. Fisher, Holmf s, & Co., 

 Handaworth Nursery, Sheffield 



Mr. J. Perkins, Northampton 

 Mr. W. F. Smith, Riverehead 



Nursery, Sevenoaks 

 Messrs. Wood & Ingram, Nur- 

 series, Huntingdon 

 Mr. Baskerville, Bristol 

 Mr. Burham, Hastings [nenh 

 Messrs. Leake & Smith, Bridgc- 

 Mr. Davison, St. Peter's Street, 

 Hereford [Herts, 



Mr. W. Garraway. W "* Iwyn, 

 Mr. Thos.Cridland, Wellington, 



near Taunton 

 Mr. Henry Home, Market Place, 

 Henley-on-Thames [Bourn 

 Mr. R. M. Mills, Market Place, 

 Mr. Husbands, Talbot 8tr< 



Nottingham 

 Mr. Caparn, Seedsman, Newark 

 Mr. John Cattell, Seedsman, 



Westerham 

 Mr. Morgan, Nursery, Kidder- 

 minster 

 Messrs. Ivery & Son, Nursery- 

 men, Dorking and Rdgate 

 Messrs. W. Drummo?)d & Boat, 



DawKon Street, Dublin 

 Messrs. Mappleback & Lowe, 

 Birmingham 



Mr. W. Bower, Moorgate House, 



East Retford 

 Mr. James Allen, sen., Bothwell 



Street, Glasgow. 



An d of the Inventors and Manufacturers, 

 B. PAGE and CO., Seed Merchants, Oxford Street, and 

 Above Bar, Southampton. 



M 



tions) at 3s. 6rf. each, sufficient to make 24 gallons of liquid 

 wash. No Grape, Peach, or Plant grower should be without 

 this invaluable remedy (see Gardeners' Chronicle, May 27, 

 June 10, July 1, &c.)- Agent, John Hayne, 8, Liverpool Street, 

 Cit y, L ondon. Paid orders forwarded. 



ITALIAN RYE-GRASS SEED. 



SUTTON and SONS, Reading, having in anticipa- 

 tion of the present great demand for this invaluable article 

 provided an extra large stock of the best quality seed, an> • ♦ | 

 able to execute orders for either Sutton's Improved, Dickinsons, 

 or Fresh Imported Seed, price 7s. 6d. per bushel. Instructions 

 for cultivation are sent with the Seed.— Early orders will be 

 necessary. 



SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1855. 



Till Wednesday last J 

 of Gore House except that it had once been in- 

 habited by the Countess of Blf.-sington, and was 

 afterwards desecrated by Monsieur Soyrr and his 

 myrmidons. The great Exhibition of Flowers by 

 the Horticultural Society has now explained what 

 the situation really is, and shown how r admirably it 

 is adapted for public purposes by extent, by the 



ground, and, above all, by 



And we cannot 



arrangement of the 



facility of access from London. 



but express our conviction that 



S.K. 



S.B. 

 C.l. 



express our conviction tnat the far-seeing 

 wisdom of Her Majesty's Commissioners in obtain- 

 ing possession of such a site, partly by means of the 

 surplus of the great Exhibition and partly by a 

 Parliamentary grant, will be fully established" by 

 the result. The ground in the hands of the Com- 

 missioners includes about 86 acres, and is already 

 enclosed on two sides by new roads leading 

 in the direction of Brompton, one of which 

 called " Prince Albert's " will be perhaps the 

 finest near the metropolis. On the north is the 

 Kensington high raid, and another is to be made on 

 the south, so that the area in the final occupation of 

 the Commissioners will form an irregular parallelo- 

 gram, of which the kept ground filled on Wednes- 

 day by the Horticultural Society forms a portion of 

 the northern limit. No one who stood upon this 

 spot, and carried his eye over the space bounded by 

 the flags fixed by order of the Royal Commissioner^, 

 could fail to see how great are the means at their 

 disposal for the purpose of aiding science and art. 



The ground on which the Exhibition took place 

 consisted of the gardens and adjoining field formerly 

 in the occupation of Lady Blessington and Lady 

 Elizabeth Whitehead, but now thrown into one by 

 command of his R.H. Prince Albert, President of 

 the Royal Commission. The space thus obtained 

 was well suited for such an operation as that of the 

 Horticultural Society, and had the day been more 

 favourable, would have formed a charming scene 

 with the large lawns, thinly sprinkled with fine 

 trees, and the numerous tents ; but the sun did not 

 shine even once, the air was chilkd by a damp 

 atmosphere acted upon by a biting east wind, and 

 the day, although dry, was one of winter not of 

 summer, but we trust the last of such unusual 

 weather as we have experienced. 

 The Qvein. accompanied by Prince Albert, with 





